platter
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"You can't offer anything on a silver platter and unfortunately, we did a couple of times."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
I encourage you to experiment with your platter of foods.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
“Some people say if he were to come back, just hand the Lombardi to us on a silver platter — but that’s never the case,” Lake said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026
Scott: The opening “Survivor” thing was a contest where people on their different teams open up a platter.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026
Her features are concave, her face a wide platter fringed with red hair.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
The pair are inseparable, with Margarita accompanying her mother to chemotherapy treatments and their own special celebration rituals involving karaoke and sharing combo platters.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 16, 2026
Take, for example, elaborate platters of vegetable crudité, complete with cottage cheese, yellow mustard and a sausage or two.
From Salon ● May 24, 2026
Pillars shoot up into the sky, with large platters hosting the residents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 22, 2026
Eagerly they dig into platters of durian, carefully arranged from the mildest to the richest.
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2026
Instead of cars, we would become manufacturers of hamburger platters and Greek salads, industrialists of spanakopita and grilled cheese sandwiches, technocrats of rice pudding and banana cream pie.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
